All four seeded teams in each group—Singapore, India,
England and Scotland—made no fuss and went about their tasks at hand in
completing easy wins against their opponents even as the four second-placed
teams joined them for the second stage matches which start tomorrow.
The second stage matches, too, will be played in league
format with teams divided into two groups with both Singapore
and India
taking the top perch in groups E and F, respectively. However, what will
interest the Indians or, for that matter, Singapore
will be in which group England ,
another medal contender here, will be drawn into. The second stage draws are
scheduled for later tonight.
As regards the women’s affair, it was a cakewalk for both Singapore and India
but England struggled before
overcoming a tough Wales
3-2 to leave the latter to play another set of third round matches to know
which of the tams will join the second stage.
Coming to the days matches in both sections, Indian men team
tried out two combinations—Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai and Devesh Karia
against Jersey and G. Sathiyan, Ghosh and Anthony Amalraj against Trinidad and
Tobago—and both were expectedly successful as the results speak for themselves.
So did Singapore bringing in
Pang Xue Jie for their match against Sri Lnka, resting their top player Li Hu
who opened against New
Zealand .
In contrast, the coaches of the Indian women’s team kept
their faith in the same combination of Mouma Das, Manika Batra and K. Shamini
and repeated it in their matches against Northern
Ireland and Sri Lanka . And the results were
fruitful in both matches. Singapore ,
on the other hand, had rested Lin Ye, who had to play both singles to get the
team across against South
Africa who lost 1-3 and Zhang Wanling.
Instead of them, they introduced Zhou Yihan, their next best player, and Koh
Kai Xin Pearlyn, in the match against Cyprus . Probably, they knew it was
good to assess their bench strength before the crucial semifinals following
second stage.
Gujarat’s Harmeet Desai and Devesh Karia, who made their
maiden appearance together for India ,
played their roles to perfection as they helped second-seeded India beat Jersey
3-0 in the first round match of the team championships. With Soumyajit Ghosh
spearheading the campaign, he gave a fine start winning his singles against
Hugo Tupper in straight games. As if on cue, both Desai and Karia who played
their singles against 16-year-old Jordan Wykes and Joshua Band, respectively,
kept the momentum on India ’s
side to notch up straight games wins.
As for women’s events, Indians led all the way to easily
down Northern Ireland
3-0. Mouma, who dropped a game to her rival Ashley Givan, caught up soon to win
3-1 while Manika Batra and K. Shamini had no such hiccups as they beat their
opponents in straight games.
Results:
Men’s Team (Round 1): Singapore bt New Zealand 3-0 (Li Hub t
Mattehew Ball 11-7, 11-7, 12-10, Chen Feng bt Lin Yi-Sien 11-1, 11-5, 11-5, Chew
Zhe Yu Clerence bt Alexandre Josh 11-4, 11-5, 11-6); India bt Jersey 3-0
(Soumyajit Ghosh bt Hugo Tupper 11-6, 11-3, 1-7, Harmeet Desai bt Jordan Wykes
11-5, 11-7, 11-6, Devesh Karia bt Joshua Band 11-5, 11-4, 11-9); England bt
Wales 3-0 (Michael Marsden 11-7, 11-13, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4, Helshan Weerasinghe
bt Chris Griffiths 11-5, 11-7, 11-3, Tom Jarvis bt Callum Evans 11-8, 9-11,
11-7, 11-9); Scotland bt South Africa 3-1 (Gavin Rmgay bt Kegan Lingeveldt
11-5, 11-9, 11-5, Craig Howieson bt Kurt Lingeveldt 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, Calum
Main lost to Terrence Mathole 9-11, 8-11m 9-11, Gavin Rumgay bt Kurt Lingeveldt
11-9, 11-8, 11-4).
Round 2: Singapore bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Chen Feng 11-5, 11-4,
11-6, Chew Zhe Yu Clerence bt Nirmala Jayasingha 11-3, 11-3, 11-5, Pang Xue Jie
bt Chameera Ginige 11-5, 1-6, 11-4); India bt T&T 3-0 (G.Sathiyan bt Aaron
Wilson 11-2, 11-1, 11-3, Soumyajit Ghosh bt Yuvraaj Dookram 11-5, 11-8, 11-5,
Anthony Amalraj bt Curtis Humphreys 11-6, 11-4, 11-5); England bt N. Ireland
3-0 (Tom Jarvis 11-3, 11-9, 11-8, Helshan Weerasinghe bt Paul McCreery 11-4,
11-8, 10-12,11-6, Alexander Ramsden bt Zak Wilson 11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 6-11,
11-7), Scotland bt Cyprus 3-0 (Craig Howieson bt Marios Yiangou 12-10, 4-11,
11-7, 6-11, 12-10, Gavin Rumgay bt Hristo Hristonov 11-6, 11-3, 11-6,
Christopher Wheeler bt Stephanos Gregoriou 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7).
Women’s Team (Round 1): Singapore bt Cyprus 3-0 (Zhou Yihan
bt Alexia Christodoulou 11-1, 11-3, 11-3, Yee Herng Hwee bt Louiza Kourea 11-7,
8-11, 11-3, 11-6, Koh Kai Xin Pearlyn bt Sophia Koni 11-6, 12-10, 11-5); India
bt Northern Ireland 3-0 (Mouma Das bt Ashley Givan 18-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-1,
Manika Batra bt Emma Ludlow 11-7, 11-8, 11-1, K. Shamini bt Emma McSorley 11-5,
11-0, 11-5); England bt Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 (Ho Tin-Tin bt Linda Pratap
11-3, 11-6, 11-4, Karina Le Fevre bt Catherine Spicer 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, Maria
Tsaptsinos bt Brittany Joseph 11-4, 11-5, 11-5).
Round 2: Singapore bt South Africa 3-1 (Lin Ye bt Danisha
Patel 11-7, 11-7, 11-6, Yee Herng Hwee lost to Khanyisile Madlala 5-11, 11-3,
5-11, 9-11, Zhang Wanling bt Zodwa Maphanga 12-10, 11-9, 11-6, Lin Ye bt
Khanyisile 11-2, 11-2, 12-10); India bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Mouma Das bt Hansani
Kapugeekiyana 11-3, 11-2, 11-9, Manika Batra bt Erandi Warusawithana 11-4,
11-2, 11-7, K. Shamini bt 11-4, 11-4, 11-4); England bt Wales 3-2 (Karina Le
Fevre lost to Charlottee Carey 6-11, 16-18, 11-2, 6-11, Ho Tin-Tin bt Chloe
Thomas 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, Maria Tsaptsinos bt Megan Phillips 11-6,
11-8, 11-4, Ho Tin-Tin lost to Charlotte Carey 13-15, 10-12, 7-11, Karina Le
Fevre bt Chloe Thomas 11-3, 5-11, 12-10, 12-10).
TTFI Press release
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